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Chapter 5

I Shall Punish Them All

Hear this, O priests!
    Listen closely, O house of Israel!
Give heed, O house of the king,
    for you will be called to judgment!
For you have been a snare at Mizpah,[a]
    and a net spread out upon Tabor,
and a deep pit at Shittim;
    I shall punish all of them.
I know Ephraim,
    and Israel is not hidden from me.
Despite this, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,
    and Israel is defiled.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:1 Mizpah . . . Tabor: places of idolatrous worship.

Judgment Against Israel

“Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment(A) is against you:
You have been a snare(B) at Mizpah,
    a net(C) spread out on Tabor.
The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(D)
    I will discipline all of them.(E)
I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(F) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(G)

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